Hey, hi. Chup here with the post-holiday wish-list report.
While I wasn't exactly holding my breath thinking Santa would drop off my STi this year, I was definitely hoping for some of the other -less spendy- things on my list.
Hello, BuckyBalls.
I've been a bit of a magnet nerd for...well a long time. Nerdy like scouring Chinese websites for cheap magnets.
And I was happy with my humble magnet collection. Discs, cubes, rectangles and spheres. Large and small. Ceramic. Ferrite. Neodymium. And Rare earth, Oh Yeah!
What little I do know about magnets makes me appreciate Buckyballs: they're super strong, and the coating doesn't chip. Most every other source I've tried fails in one or both categories.
Funny: my parents bought me a set for Christmas.
And then my brother and I didn't put them down for 3 days.
Then my dad felt bad and bought my brother his own set.
Then I felt bad and bought my dad his own set.
Merry Christmas, Buckyballs.
What do you do with them?
Duh.
Dunno really what else I can say about Buckyballs other than: buy some.
Most places (like their site) are around $30. Occasionally woot.com has a two-fer for $30 plus $5 shipping.
There are some other names out there: Neocube and Zen Magnets. Haven't tried either of these (yet!) But Zen makes some pretty convincing arguments. Funny. If you're nerd.
Oh yeah, evidently they can mess up your intestines.
Gratuitous macro fun:
I'm Chup and I'm made of non-ferrous material.
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they sound awesome! My hubby is a magnet affiliate and buys new ones all the time.
Ehm, I don't want to force this on you,but I think you'll really like the German site http://www.supermagnete.de.
They claim to have the strongest magnets in the world. We bought their tiniest ones (Diameter 1,5 mm) and they really are super strong!
My, that sounds more and more like advertisement, but believe me: I'm not getting paid to write this. I wish!
That first line had me in hysterics... did you know that STI in the UK is the abbreviation for sexually transmitted infection? I'm glad Santa didn't get you that for Christmas! My children love playing with Geomag in our house, the Bucky Balls look great!
I got some for my husband after your post. He loooooooves them. Thank you chup!
I missed this the first time around. What a great idea. My husband is SO hard to buy for. I can see my 15-year old son loving them too. Thanks, Chup!
Here's another site that sells Buckyballs
http://www.thinkgeek.com/
Check it out.
OMG Chup you are so funny. I'm looking forward to more of your posts! Love the photo too! Happy Friday to you and C!
My dad got some of these for me and my husband for Christmas. We have had so much fun with them--they were the most fought-over and most-played with present in the house, bar none.
I bought 3 sets after reading about them here - they were definitely a hit with each of the men who received them. Now I want my own set, or I wish my husband hadn't taken his to work.
Is there a store in Utah that sells them? THAT WOULD BE AWESOME..... dee W
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Blickenstaff's in provo (Riverwoods mall) sells Nano Dots- pretty much the same thing.
Lisa - Will be checking out that site. Soon.
Naomi - Oh. Awesome. STD in the states. D for disease. Yikes.
Itzel - Awesome! Tell him not to swallow any.
Anon- thinkgeek is the only place my brother and my dad and I buy each other's christmas/birthday gifts.
deemom - My 'rents got mine from the website, and then we found them in Fred Meyer of all places. On the checkstands in Apparel of all places. Cool thing was that everything in Apparel was 25% off that day. Woot!
Those are some pretty awesome macro shots. And now I want some to play with & photograph.
Thanks to one of your previously posts, I bought some from my husband. I forgot he has been wanting them and he was in heaven when he took them out of his stocking! Thanks!
My husband has Zen magnets and swears by them. I'm happy to see he isn't the only one obsessed over magnets!!
my husband scored some of these as well after i saw u post about them. he is in love! i could barely get my hands on them. then he wanted them to stay in the nice cube, and he is usually not like that, so away we go on youtube to figure out how to get them back in cube form! thank goodness for youtube and thanks for the awesome gift idea!!! i will be back next Christmas to see your list!!
I bought these for my husband after you posted about these. He loves them! He has them at his office and loves to play with them when he's on conference calls :)
dear Chup,
I took your advice from the christmas wants post and then i also got my hubby and dad the little flashlight from your fathers day post. Let me just say.... THEY LOVE BUCKYBALLS! They were and are still endless fun for them. My brother in laws came into town for the holiday and I must say they were super jealous! they loved them too! Thanks again
rachel
last year for Christmas, i gave little bottles of hand sanitizer from bath and body works to my coworkers. a few days later, my boss, kind conservative man that he is, came over to my desk to thank me for the hand sanitizer. he also held in his hand his new new bucky balls, and he mentioned to me how much he appreciated my gift, "because I use it on my balls", he said.
i've never been so mortified. and it was more mortifying to watch him desperately try to backpedal out of what was intended to be a compliment. "see, they smell good.....er, I mean....uh.....it makes them less germy......uh.....i mean, because people touch them"........
I could be entertained for HOURS!
But what exactly do they do to your intestines? Mine are messed up already. Maybe they could fix'em!
Sounds fun...just keep them away from your computer or it will erase the memory. :(
I got them for Scott and well, just like you three days of bucky balls, here, there, everywhere! And if one went missing, we were all on the floor trying to find it! Yes, he has the sTi on his "wish" list too, some day...
Thanks for the great gift ideas!
Taryn Myatt
Hmmm... I watched the video, looked at the photos and don't get it. Maybe it's a guy thing. :)
I bought 4 sets for Chritmas gifts, for my husband and sons. They love them, only proplem is the coating is chipping off the set I gave my husband. I've sent two emails to Budky Balls customer service and can't get them to respond.
We love magnets at our house too! THis post made me laugh though because my sister got some to her {unbelievably responsible} 8 year old and he had a hard time getting past the, "Do not let your kids play with these. For grown-ups only!" labels on the package.
Plus I just like to say bucky balls.
magnets are harmful if you swallow more than one. They can "get together" in your intestines.
Great, Mr. Chup, do that. And let me know if you like it!
I bought these for my husband and 17 year old son and in addition to being addicting and fun (even for us non-nerds) it gave plenty of opportunity for nearly inappropriate conversation about "dad's balls". Hilarity ensued! I can't recommend them enough!
My husband got some months ago thinking they would be great for our naturally-nerdy son. Some kids have to work at it - not mine! And after promptly losing about 10 of them in the car, hubby repossessed them and gave them to me. Oh dear they are addictive.
They look like they would be great fun but for those of you with small children please take extra care to make sure that all the pieces are accounted for at all times.
http://www.usrecallnews.com/2007/01/swallowed-magnets-stick-together-in-childs-intestines.html
Just an FYI in case you didn't know:
I just saw a little table of these at Books A Million book store (no shipping!). :)
AFter reading your post, I decided to purchase these for my 15 year old son. He loves them! Thanks so much for your review!
I Love ZenMagnets
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